Need to try that. Still the beginning of course but could be a way to keep playing my US games if the Freeloader suddenly gets blocked.

Now just to be sure : if I use Twilight Hack everytime I want to load something, meaning I don't install any channel, I'm 100% sure to have no problem with updates, since nothing is on my console ?

Also, are there some youtube vids of the Mplayer clones ?

Yep, its highly unlikely Nintendo will scan your game saves for Twilight Hack. You would just put Gecko Region Free on the root of your card as boot.elf, and Twilight Princess would in effect become a backup freeloader.

Would the Wii have the power to run 1280x720 videos in WiiMiidia?
Also, is the Genesis emulator compatible with Classic Controller?

If Nintendo + Sega don't release Sonic 3 & Knuckles on VC I might have to do it this way for my fix.

Did XBMC for Xbox support 720p videos properly? I seem to remember some scaling options.

The Xbox had 64MB of RAM shared with the NV2A GPU, and Wii has 88MB, 3MB texture cache + whatever they can steal from the 512MB flash memory. I think it'd be possible to get XBMC type performance out of it...

Is it "perfect" emulation?
I mean, is it the same as playing VC's MD/Genny games?

I might do it to play some games, since I'm fucking sick of Pal VC Megadrive/Master System games (Sonic 1 and Gunstar Heroes are ridiculous... Sonic 3 is better but why the fuck the don't do proper PAL as Super Nintendo's games).

Also I hope at Hudson they realize it's time to fix the blur filter or... you know, who's buying the likes of Lords of Thunder if not the same kind of people who would be VERY interested in running a proper version of the game.

I'll still buy VC games though.
I just hope they'll up their game a bit.

It works like a charm, but ScummVM doesn't seem to be able to output via component , I had to hook up the wii to the old 50Hz TV again to play Monkey Island.
Since this one can't play US games, it's a bit sad that I'll have to go yo-yo between the two, but no big deal.

Wait, so how do I install the homebrew launcher channel? I tried it the same way I installed my other wads with the twilight hack+wad installer, and put the homebrew launcher wad in teh wad folder... is that all I'm supposed to do?

Wait, so how do I install the homebrew launcher channel? I tried it the same way I installed my other wads with the twilight hack+wad installer, and put the homebrew launcher wad in teh wad folder... is that all I'm supposed to do?

Yes, but if its the same channel I have, 0.4, then make sure you have SYSTEM and HOMEBREW folders in the root of your card or the channel won't load properly... it should still install, it just won't load right. These folders are normally packed with the wad.

Is it "perfect" emulation?
I mean, is it the same as playing VC's MD/Genny games?

I might do it to play some games, since I'm fucking sick of Pal VC Megadrive/Master System games (Sonic 1 and Gunstar Heroes are ridiculous... Sonic 3 is better but why the fuck the don't do proper PAL as Super Nintendo's games).

Also I hope at Hudson they realize it's time to fix the blur filter or... you know, who's buying the likes of Lords of Thunder if not the same kind of people who would be VERY interested in running a proper version of the game.

I'll still buy VC games though.
I just hope they'll up their game a bit.

Perfect?

Mmmm, I wouldn't call any emulation truly perfect.

But if you're asking if the games are full speed, with faithful graphics, controls, and sound emulation, then yeah, they're almost perfect. I think there were some problems with special chip games like Virtua Racing, and I think the sound effects might have been a little off on a couple of games, but it's about as good as it gets. It's just as good as Sega's Virtual Console emulator, imo.

So I've been looking at this stuff a lot. Especially Wii Midia, which would be a great replacement for when my modded Xbox eventually dies. I've got to say, though, I'm nervous about trying all of this stuff. I don't want to brink my wii. Ideally, I was thinking of putting on a Homebrew launcher, and using that to launch NES and SNES emulators, maybe Scumm, and definately Wii Midia when it's out. How hard is all of this to do?

Also, I've heard the Homebrew Launcher is in French. Is Language an issue?

The Media Center options are exactly what the Wii needs, however, I don't want to brick my console...

I tried to load the Media player software, but the link was dead. Just a heads up to the OP.

Sorry for being so late in replying and updating the OP.
The links you were trying are hosted at a site that uses referrer blocking -- ie. it won't allow the downloads unless you download it from a page on their site. Well, to get around that, either:

-- click and drag the link(s) to your address bar / tab
or
-- use Firefox and disable referrer forwarding

For now, I've placed notes next to all the links that this applies to. I will rehost these files with fileshare sites or something in the next couple of days so people can just click, and I'll also be checking to make sure I have the latest releases of software in the OP.

I've updated all relevant news up to today... although one thing I will add here. It sounds like some assholes at other forums were badgering dCiSo for a release date on Wii Miidia... he caved and gave a date for a test version, but has since reneged that post and stated he's not going to release it until he's fully ready. He's open to help and he's got one or two people willing to test for him, but its probably gonna be largely quiet on the Wii Miidia front if anyone was looking forward to it. He's gonna try and throw out occasional things about his progress and maybe a video or two. Some people at console-scene were doubting his credibility, but Bushing at hackmii.com has vouched for him saying he's been talking about networking troubles with him. Sounds like the final product will have everything we loved about XBMC, maybe including SMB sharing and stuff.